Raymond Lynn Ellis

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Raymond Lynn Ellis, 65, a lifelong resident of Hawkins County, Tennessee, a machinist for 21 years at Rockwell Automation Dodge in Rogersville, Tennessee, before his retirement, entered eternal life at Indian Path Medical Center on Friday, January 3, 2003. Visitation is scheduled for Monday, January 6, 2003, 12:30-1:45 p.m., at Oak Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery, 800 Truxton Drive, Kingsport, Tennessee. Services are scheduled for Monday, 2 p.m., at the funeral home, officiated by Rev. Harry Hight Jr. and Rev. E. Lee Ellis. Burial will follow at Wills Cemetery, Mt. Carmel, Tennessee. Memorial donations are appreciated to Ketron Memorial United Methodist Church, 301 Virgil Avenue, Kingsport, TN 37665. Arrangements entrusted to Oak Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery, Kingsport, Tennessee.

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Buried Wills Cemetery

Edgar married Nina Lee Hackler on 9 Jan 1927 in Iron Mtn, Grayson, Virginia, United States. Nina (daughter of Alexander Rush Hackler and Mittie Elizabeth Wright) was born on 11 Apr 1910 in Comers Rock, , Grayson County, Virginia; died on 1 Apr 2003 in Mount Carmel, , Hawkins County, Tennessee; was buried in Wills Cemetery, , Hawkins County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nina Lee Hackler Ellis, 92, (born April 11, 1910), of Mount Carmel, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 1, 2003.

She was born in Comer's Rock, Grayson County, Va., and had resided in Hawkins County since 1927.

She was a member of Ketron Memorial United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, and was a director of the United Methodist Women's Circles. She was director of the Mount Carmel Senior Citizens for many years.

Mrs. Ellis was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar Eugene Ellis; and one son, Raymond Lynn Ellis.

Surviving are two daughters, Frances Carpenter and husband Jack of Kingsport, and Maude Smith and husband Homer of Kingsport; three sons, James E. Ellis and wife Janie of Kingsport, Donald C. Ellis and wife Frances of Mount Carmel, and Rev. E. Lee Ellis and wife Evelyn of Greensboro, N.C.; one daughter-in-law, Bernice Brickey Ellis of Mount Carmel; one sister, Lucille H. Wright of Kingsport; 13 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren; also several nieces and nephews.

Calling hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Oak Hill Funeral Hill.

Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in the Oak Hill Chapel with the Rev. Harry Hight Jr. and the Rev. E. Lee Ellis officiating.

Burial will follow the service at Wills Cemetery in Hawkins County.

Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be grandsons and great-grandsons; Rick Carpenter, Steve Carpenter, Roger Ellis, Ronnie Ellis, Jason Huff, Jarrad Morelock, Gary Hylton, John Wing, Joshua Glawson, Brandon Morelock, Adam Ellis, Benjamin Ellis, Isaac Ellis, Jacob Ellis, Wesley Stokes and Daniel Stokes.

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Emory and Henry Colege

SKETCHES OF HOLSTON PREACHERS

Ellis, Wiley McTyeire: Born May 3, 1869, at Church Hill, Hawkins County, Tenn. He was the son of William Thomas and Eliza Kincaid Ellis. Educated in the local schools and at U. S. Grant University at Athens, Tenn. Under the great revival led by Rev. D. V. York he re-dedicated his life to God and was licensed to preach in 1900. He was admitted in 1903. He served twelve circuits in thirty-five years and was a most faithful and devoted pastor. He married Jan. 31, 1893, Miss Lovenia Winegar, Church Hill. They had eleven children. He retired in 1940. He died Nov. 29, 1942, at his home in Hawkins County and was buried there.

Wiley married Louvenia Maude Winegar on 31 Jan 1893 in Hawkins County, , , Tennessee. Louvenia (daughter of Andrew Jackson Winegar and Sarah Elvira Grim) was born on 17 Dec 1875 in Caney Valley, , Hawkins County, Tennessee; died on 26 Dec 1966 in Radford, , , Virginia; was buried on 29 Dec 1966 in Wills Cemetery, , Hawkins County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Funeral services for Alexander R. Hackler, 79, who died on Wednesday, May 9, 1951 at his home in Church Hill, Tenn., were held Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in Mt. Zion Methodist Church, Comers Rock.

Mr. Hackler is survived by the widow, Mittie W. Hackler; two daughters, Mrs. Henry Wright and Mrs. Edgar Ellis, both residents of Church Hill, Tenn.; five brothers, E. K. Hackler, J. G. Hackler and E. C. Hackler, all of whom live at Comers Rock, J. W. Hackler, Galax, and T. C. Hackler, Ridge Farm, Ill.

Interment was in the Comers Rock cemetery.

Published in the Galax Gazette; Mon., May 14, 1951.

Alexander married Mittie Elizabeth Wright about 1900 in Grayson County, , , Virginia. Mittie was born on 14 Feb 1879 in Grayson County, , , Virginia; died on 22 Dec 1969 in Sullivan County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Comers Rock Cemetery, , Grayson County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Daughter of Andrew W. and Josephine Wright.

Mrs. Mittie Wright Hackler, 90, Rt. 10, Moreland Dr., Kingsport, died at 4 a.m. Monday at her home following a lengthy illness.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Henry Wright of Kingsport and Mrs. Edgar Ellis of Church Hill, Tenn.; one brother, Bowman Wright of Chilhowie, Va.; nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Paul Cook Funeral Home is in charge.

Published in the Bristol Herald-Courier; Tues., Dec. 23, 1969.

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Buried Wills Cemetery

William married Eliza Eanes Kinkead on 27 Nov 1860 in Hawkins County, , , Tennessee. Eliza (daughter of Jonathan Edward Kinkead and Mary Ratliff) was born on 31 Mar 1841 in Church Hill, , Hawkins County, Tennessee; died on 6 Dec 1915 in Church Hill, , Hawkins County, Tennessee; was buried on 9 Dec 1915 in Mount Carmel, , Hawkins County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried Wills Cemetery

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Buried Plum Grove Baptist Church Cemetery

Andrew married Sarah Elvira Grim on 29 Jan 1874 in Scott County, , , Virginia. Sarah (daughter of William Robert Grim and Lucinda Wolfe) was born on 20 Feb 1855 in Scott County, , , Virginia; died on 13 Jun 1936 in Caney Valley, , Hawkins County, Tennessee; was buried on 15 Jun 1936 in Church Hill, , Hawkins County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried Plum Grove Baptist Church Cemetery